The First Female-Only Travel Network Is Here

Travellingaround the world is an exciting prospect, but for some women (or female-identifying individuals), travelling alone can be a daunting thought.

Although there are alternative outlets that have been designed to cater to travellers' needs, such as the hugely successful Airbnb and Couchsurfing, sometimes these companies can’t provide the level of security that you might be hoping for.

Cue a great new alternative available to ladies heading off on an solo international adventure: Overnight’s new network, the Girls LOVE Travel group.

Overnight started developing groups to feed off the possible ‘friend economy’, in the hope that individuals would set up their own network of trusted friends around the world that are keen to travel or happy to have travellers stay with them. So the hosts and the travellers are socially approved by their peers, like a little character reference.

However, Overnight quickly cottoned on that there are a lot of females heading off on their travels alone who might be seeking ensured safety, but perhaps don’t have their own network of international mates. This is when they decided to build their new ladies-only network, and it has taken off!

“Girls LOVE Travel is an international community of over 330k travel-loving women who strive to empower other women to travel with safety & support!”

The idea is that the group is filled only with women, to build a network of support—and supposedly to reduce the scary chance of assault when you are staying with strangers. There is still a big range of rooms and hosts to choose from, but with the guarantee that it is going to be a no boys allowed situation.

Another great thing about all of this is that Overnight groups are allowed to use tiered pricing—meaning that you may be able to get a discounted room from a fellow chica!

If you are looking to head off on an all-female, empowered (but safe) adventure, you can join the Girls LOVE Travel group here.